LOCAL Military funeral draws protesters, supporters...

March 28, 2006

LOCALMilitary funeral draws protesters, supporters More than 250 military veterans and other supporters showed up Monday at the funeral of a Michigan soldier killed in Iraq to counter a group that has protested at soldiers' funerals nationwide. The Patriot Guard Riders chanted "God Bless Corporal Yates" during their peaceful counterprotest. Three members from the small Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kan., held up signs denouncing homosexuality. One said, "Thank God for dead soldiers." B1Democrats say Michigan landfills could grow Michigan landfills may grow and a new one could be built because Republican lawmakers allowed tight restrictions on landfills to end three months ago, Democrats say. When a two-year moratorium on new or expanded landfills expired Dec. 31, five landfills either asked to expand or told the state they were interested in growing, including a landfill in Berrien County. Developers have also proposed a new landfill in west Michigan. B2BUSINESSMiller calling it quits at Warsaw's Biomet Dane Miller, 60, who co-founded Biomet and led the company since its inception in 1977, retired from his position as president and chief executive officer Monday. He will remain on its board of directors and serve as a consultant. C8